All entries have been carefully scrutinised by a panel of expert Technical Judges to determine the 18 Finalists. All entrants are either fashion students or are training as apprentice tailors in the UK and are deemed to have reached the necessary high standards to qualify for the Final.
Akira Nakajima
Trainee, Henry Poole & Co
Alexander Bello
Student, London College of Fashion
Amy Pollard
Student, Norwich University of the Arts
Caleb-Ciara Britton
Student, Inkberrow Design Center
Catriona Macgregor
Student, Leeds Arts University
Eider Garcia Garikano
Student, University for the Creative Arts, Rochester
Georgia Stevenson
Student, University for the Creative Arts, Rochester
Henry Kent
Student, Wimbledon College of Art
Jon Pickering
Trainee, Dege & Skinner
Judith Ekblom Jarrold
Trainee, Maurice Sedwell
Karolina Karpaviciute
Student, University for the Creative Arts, Rochester
Katrin Dimitrova
Student, Norwich University of the Arts
Matthew Stanley
Student, Inkberrow Design Center
Michael Amoh-Donkor
Student, University for the Creative Arts, Rochester
Natasha Antonia Smith
Student, University for the Creative Arts, Rochester
Rebecca Fletcher
Student, University for the Creative Arts, Rochester
Sarah Magras
Trainee, Maurice Sedwell
Thomas Carr
Trainee, Richard Anderson
During the Final, an expert panel of Style Judges selected the three Winners among the 18 Finalists. A specially commissioned film premiered on our website at 19:00 on 5th July, showcasing all the finalists’ entries and announcing the winners. View the film here.
The three trophies awarded are
1st prize The Golden Shears and £3,000
2nd prize The Silver Shears and £2,500
3rd prize The Rising Star and £2,000
The Rising Star - Jon Pickering
Trainee at Dege & Skinner
The Silver Shears - Judith Ekblom Jarrold
Trainee at Maurice Sedwell
The Golden Shears - Thomas Pierre Carr
Trainee at Richard Anderson
Participating colleges and companies
Dege & Skinner
Henry Poole and Co.
Inkberrow Design Centre
Leeds Arts University
London College of Fashion
Maurice Sedwell
Norwich University of the Arts
Richard Anderson
University for the Creative Arts, Rochester
Wimbledon College of Art
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